Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	We the People	02:52
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Ellen McIlwaine	In My Time of Dying	Fear Itself	08:48
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Oscar* McLollie	So Pleasing Loving You	So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All	02:51
Buddy Knox	Swingin' Daddy	ST (mono)	01:50
Nelson* Riddle	The Okanagan	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Theme from Canada	Love Serenade	04:20
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28
Cal* Bostic	There You Are	Introducing...	02:59
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Grandpa Tell Me One More Story	I'm a Song	04:39
Joe* Glazer	This Land is Your Land	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:29
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Jonathan Edwards	Weapon of Prayer	Sailboat	03:27
Dils*	Red Rockers (Les rockers rouge)	Made In Canada	02:37
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
David Amram	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:38
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Fisherboys	Ukrainian Pops	03:54
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Love Serenade	Love Serenade	06:55
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Moanin	Shirley Lewis Show Band	05:46
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	You Belong to Me	You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)	05:00
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Nelson* Riddle	Victoria	British Columbia Suite	02:26
Albert Jones*	You and Your Love	The Facts of Life	03:22
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	I Want a Girl	Maple Sugar Two Step // I Want a Girl	03:04
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Dils*	Not Worth It (Ca ne veux pas le pleine)	Made In Canada	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:38
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Sidewinders	I Like Your Stuff	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Ode to Billy Joe	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:13
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Priscilla* Rollins	Magic Moment	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Bow'd Up	Fear Itself	01:40
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	The Letter	Fear Itself	02:10
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Polissian Polka 'Mazury'	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:10
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Sailor Song	ST	06:42
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love)	We the People	04:26
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	King of the Cops	I'm a Song	03:06
Jonathan Edwards	Blow On Chilly Wind	Sailboat	03:17
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Ursa Major*	In My Darkest Hour	ST	05:28
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Honky Tonk Woman	Love Serenade	03:30
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Till You're Loving Me Again	I'm a Song	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	I'm Sorry	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:37
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Twins	War War War	01:54
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Green Rye	Ukrainian Pops	03:09
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Exponians	Yellow Bird	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:25
Ursa Major*	Lay Me Down	ST	04:36
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Three Quarter Promenade	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:22
Happy Dolls	Hello Dolly	Show Album No. 1	01:44
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Ursa Major*	Liberty and Justice	ST	05:52

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

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Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

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Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

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Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

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Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

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Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

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Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

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Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

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Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

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Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

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Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

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Aarons And Ackley* - ST

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Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

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Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

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Oscar* McLollie - ST

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Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

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Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

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Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

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Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

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Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Eddie* Murray - Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance

FEATURED

Dils* - Made In Canada

FEATURED

Ernie* Smith - To Behold Jah

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